Single-player games like Worlds
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Worlds, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®
Single-player alternative to Worlds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Worlds.
Enter the world of cinematic stealth action with Splinter Cell, the game that propelled the genre to cult status. You are Sam Fisher, an elite covert agent in the NSA's top-secret division: Third Echelon.
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HITMAN World of Assassination
Single-player alternative to Worlds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Worlds.
Enter the world of the ultimate assassin. HITMAN World of Assassination delivers the definitive stealth action experience, putting you in the shoes of Agent 47, a master assassin. Explore immersive locations, uncover hidden secrets, and eliminate targets with complete freedom of approach.
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Escape Dead Island
Single-player alternative to Worlds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Worlds.
Escape Dead Island is a Survival-Mystery adventure that lets players delve into the Dead Island universe and unravel the origins of the zombie outbreak.
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Out of Sight
Single-player alternative to Worlds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Worlds.
You’re Sophie, a young blind girl who sees through her teddy bear’s eyes. Escape your captors and uncover the evil history of the dark mansion you desperately seek to escape in this unique, atmospheric horror puzzle/adventure game.
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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
Single-player alternative to Worlds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Worlds.
Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
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Daymare: 1998
Single-player alternative to Worlds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Worlds.
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
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Sniper Elite 5
Single-player alternative to Worlds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Worlds.
The award-winning series returns as Karl Fairburne fights to uncover Project Kraken in 1944 France. The genre-defining authentic sniping, with enhanced kill cam, has never looked or felt better as you fight across immersive maps to stop the Nazi war machine in its tracks.
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The Chameleon
Single-player alternative to Worlds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Worlds.
A tense stealth game with super-powers, set in the 70s, filled with glorious fat pixels. Transform into enemies, dash, teleport, slow time and super-punch your way through this moody retro stealth game.
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Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to Worlds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Worlds.
The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.
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E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy
Single-player alternative to Worlds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Worlds.
In a dark Cyberpunk world, you (and up to 3 friends) wage war against the all-powerful Federation in this Source-powered FPS/RPG.
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METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake
Single-player alternative to Worlds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Worlds.
The first and second title in the METAL GEAR series that established the stealth action genre, as well as the basic mechanics of the series.
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The End of Dyeus
Single-player alternative to Worlds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Worlds.
Go in a quest for Dyeus in a primitive and cryptic open world ! Face mysterious assailants in intense and fast paced sword fights, and survive against a carnivorous fauna. Will you uncover the truth about Dyeus?